Wandering Meteor
Chapter 277 - 276 The Decision of Mushroom Civilization

Chapter 277: Chapter 276 The Decision of Mushroom Civilization

After discussions among the high ranks of the Shell Clan Civilization, a strategy to attack Mushroom Star was quickly formulated.

Considering that Mushroom Star was only a Level 2 civilization and not a life collective, the Level 3 Shell Clan Civilization believed that this battle did not require many tactical maneuvers. They planned to bring forty of their Battle Stars directly in front of Mushroom Star, using overwhelming firepower to annihilate the Mushroom Civilization from the planet.

Once the attack strategy was set.

Four Planet Battle Stars from within the Shell Clan Civilization journeyed towards the front of the Asteroid Belt, activated their weapon systems, and launched four high energy level Energy Weapons.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Four yellow energy particles were seen blasting forth, each extending over fifty thousand kilometers. Together, these blasts pulverized all obstacles in the Asteroid Belt ahead, clearing a smooth passage approximately three hundred thousand kilometers in diameter. Then, the forty Battle Stars of the Shell Clan Civilization lined up and entered the center of the Asteroid Belt through this passage.

However, what the Shell Clan Civilization did not anticipate was.

Just as they began to set sail towards the center of the Asteroid Belt, the Mushroom Civilization unexpectedly became aware of their presence.

But what the Shell Clan Civilization could not have imagined was that the Mushroom Civilization discovered their presence through a rather coincidental and intriguing series of events.

After the Mushroom Civilization’s detection vessel safely returned, they immediately initiated their next space plan, launching a precise satellite into space.

However, during the launch of the Mushroom-rocket carrying the satellite, an accident occurred causing the rocket’s trajectory to deviate by several kilometers. Unfortunately, it collided with a meteorite and both the satellite and the rocket exploded together and were sacrificed.

Such a major incident naturally caused a huge uproar within the Mushroom Civilization.

The Mushroom Civilization refused to believe that their technology could have such a significant error.

Considering that they had launched thousands, tens of thousands of satellites before, and never had a rocket’s flight trajectory deviated by more than ten meters. Moreover, in the latest hundred launch records, each had reached the target accurately. Suddenly deviating by several kilometers obviously indicated a problem, prompting the Mushroom Civilization’s scientists to determine firmly that some anomaly in space must have caused the unusual rocket behavior.

Who would have thought that what seemed like an excuse actually led to the Mushroom Civilization’s Space Investigation Team discovering the Stealth Ship of the Shell Clan Civilization amidst their invisibility. To verify this information, the warships of the Mushroom Civilization used weapons to force the Stealth Ship to reveal itself from its space camouflage.

Meanwhile, a reconnaissance soldier deployed to gather intelligence on Mushroom Star noticed activity suggesting a battle in space, thinking he had been detected. He also realized that with the war seemingly imminent, he needed to return to his own faction earlier to contribute to the Shell Clan Civilization. Thus, the reconnaissance soldier immediately boarded his micro spacecraft, planning to return to the Stealth Ship.

However, as the reconnaissance soldier flew into the airspace of Mushroom Star, he encountered a fleet of Mushroom Star’s warships.

Subsequently, a fierce battle ensued, and due to the small size of the reconnaissance soldier’s micro spacecraft, it was ultimately shot down by the dense chasing weapons of the warship fleet, and the reconnaissance soldier became the first casualty of this war.

Due to the sacrifice of the reconnaissance soldier, the Shell Clan Civilization was thoroughly provoked. Originally, the Shell Clan Civilization had planned to keep the Stealth Ship stationary, waiting for the forty Planet Battle Stars to arrive before acting. However, the current situation had already reached a tipping point, and the Stealth Ship of the Shell Clan Civilization was forced to engage in war with the Mushroom Civilization, officially sparking the outpost battle of this war.

Mushroom Civilization knew that the Shell Clan Civilization could hide in the spatial twists, and its Civilization Level was definitely higher than their own, so Mushroom Civilization directly deployed all of its air force for combat, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.

However, even though Mushroom Civilization was prepared, due to the disparity in scientific technology, their warships in terms of Weapon Level, speed, and defense were far inferior to the Stealth Ships, which led Mushroom Civilization to suffer heavy losses in this war. Although it was Mushroom Civilization that eventually claimed victory, it was a Pyrrhic victory. To destroy the Stealth Fleet, Mushroom Civilization itself lost thousands of warships, with almost eighty percent of their air force capabilities lost!

It can be said that now, the Mushroom Civilization has almost no air combat capabilities.

This skirmish and its outcome were very much like when the Shell Clan Civilization, the Square Clan Civilization, and the Wandering Alliance besieged the Lithium Eagle Ten. It was also a low-level civilization attacking a high-level civilization, and it was a Pyrrhic victory that tasted bland, regrettable to cast aside.

Moreover, at this time, Mushroom Civilization received even more despairing news.

The detection stations that Mushroom Civilization had set up in the asteroid belt and some of their mining bases were suddenly destroyed by four terrifying energy weapons. Some surviving detection stations detected forty massive Planet Battle Stars flying towards Mushroom Star. From the appearance and posture, Mushroom Civilization naturally also understood that Stealth Ships were probably just the Shell Clan Civilization’s advance squad; the real terrifying combat power was still behind!

To deal with this unprecedented crisis, Mushroom Civilization convened an emergency meeting.

At the meeting, the upper echelons of Mushroom Civilization had heated discussions, and many proposals were put forward, but almost each one was vetoed. In the end, only two proposals emerged.

The first was the suggestion to abandon Mushroom Star and flee.

But this proposal was ultimately rejected by the inhabitants of Mushroom Star. They loved this land, they loved this homeland, and if they had to abandon this beautiful homeland, they would rather die in battle.

Moreover, the population of Mushroom Civilization was very large, and the Battle Stars of the Shell Clan Civilization wouldn’t take long to arrive. It was impossible to create space ships that could accommodate so many people in such a short time.

Instead of wasting energy on these impractical efforts potentially causing internal conflicts within Mushroom Civilization over spacecraft seating, leading to disarray, it was better to unite the whole civilization’s power to fully prepare for a do-or-die battle!

Even if their entire air force was sacrificed and they could no longer engage in aerial combat;

They would still conduct the fiercest resistance on land, swearing to defend their homeland!

Maybe from the perspective of the Shell Clan Civilization, or Earth Civilization, it’s hard to understand Mushroom Civilization’s decision. But as intelligent beings evolved from plants, their psyche is completely different from animals; their desire for the continuation of their species isn’t as strong as that in animals—they love their environmental homes more than the continuation of their species.

They prefer a perspective that values living in the moment, living with dignity.

This was the second proposal at Mushroom Civilization’s big meeting, and it gained more approval from the people of Mushroom Star.

Later, a member of Mushroom Star added another possibility based on the second proposal: they could send their coordinates into the Cosmos, requesting help from peace-loving Advanced Civilizations.

Although in this survival-of-the-fittest universe, genuinely peace-loving civilizations are exceedingly rare, the situation Mushroom Civilization was facing was already a desperate one, and betting on that one in ten thousand chance for a miracle wasn’t a loss. After all, even if it attracted another powerful and warlike civilization, it wouldn’t make their outcome any worse. On the contrary, if it eliminated the Shell Clan Civilization, it would also be avenging Mushroom Civilization!

Finally, with the activation of the ultra-powerful antenna equipment, electromagnetic waves courageously flew towards the vast Universe.

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